Helpful Links

Below are a number of links other web sites that you may find of interest or helpful:

The Last PostEvery evening since 1928, at precisely eight o’clock, the Last Post, the traditional salute to the fallen soldier, has been played under the Menin Gate Memorial in Ieper Belgium. This daily tribute, performed by a team of local buglers, serves to honour the memory of the soldiers of the British Empire who fought and died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. Click Here for More.

Battlefield Research PackageMany clients who join my tours understand more about their fathers, grandfathers or other relatives war time experiences by walking the ground, they start to understand what it must have been like grappling with the enemy as close quarters. But what if you need to find more information, What medals did he win? When did he join up? When was he promoted? Click Here for More.

Italy Battlefield Tour If you are looking for a battlefield tour to Italy we suggest you contact Cassino Battlefields who specialise in battlefield studies to Cassino, Anzio and Salerno. During each battlefield tour, like ourselves, they will examine the detail of the conflict from a military perspective and focus on the activities at Battalion, Brigade, Division and Corps level. Click Here for More.

Please note that Matt Limb Battlefield Tours do not endorse or recommend any of the above web sites. They are placed for your information only. We can not accept any responsibility in connection with such web sites or their content.

Clients Comments

‘The visit to my Great Uncles grave on that suitably wet morning was very moving and something I had always wanted to do, many thanks’

Over the years some people have questioned remembrance, and the wearing of a poppy, saying we are Glorifying War To us all it is worth remembering that Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day, are not about war but the people who fought in war and paid the… Read more ... →

It is without a doubt a phrase that is well known; The Dambusters. Be that for one of the best war films ever produced, with my old friend Richard Todd (Click Here for More) taking the part of Guy Gibson, or the epic achievements of… Read more ... →

Some recent research has thrown light on the last soldiers to be killed on 11 November 1918. The research clearly shows that In the closing minutes of World War One, the 11:00 cease fire within touching distance, a handful of soldiers died. Just after 0500… Read more ... →

So often we associate wars as long lasting and devastating, World War One over four years and World War Two almost six, but what about a war that lasted just 38 minutes. The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar, an island country in… Read more ... →